Junior Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu

About the role

The Canonical Kernel Team is seeking recent university graduates or early career professionals to join our global team. This position involves collaborating with a distributed team, learning from senior mentors, and working on various initiatives related to optimizing solutions for key Silicon and Cloud partner platforms, developing developer platforms like Raspberry Pi and RISC-V, enabling Ubuntu on a wide range of embedded systems, and more.

Responsibilities

• Tackle serious initiatives, including optimized solutions for key Silicon and Cloud partner platforms
• Develop and maintain Ubuntu Linux kernels for a variety of platforms and architectures
• Collaborate with external silicon, cloud, or hardware manufacturer delivery teams on bleeding-edge platforms
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by customers, the community, and discovered by your own rigorous testing
• Take personal responsibility for the delivery of various flavors of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
• Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
• Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers

Requirements

• Well-organized and motivated self-starter able to thrive in a remote work environment
• Professional manner with colleagues, business partners, and the open-source community
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal
• Programming experience in C and/or Rust
• Familiarity with version control practices, ideally with git
• Understanding of operating system kernel fundamentals
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks length

Qualifications

• Interest and experience in Rust
• Python and Bash scripting ability
• Prior experience with Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging
• Demonstrated experience with kernel patching and debugging
• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP’s, and other low level system engineering

Skills

• Interest and experience in Rust
• Python and Bash scripting ability
• Prior experience with Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging
• Demonstrated experience with kernel patching and debugging
• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP’s, and other low level system engineering

Benefits

• Colleague benefits
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

Pay

Compensation is determined based on geographical location, experience, and performance. An annual compensation review ensures recognition of outstanding performance.

Schedule

The role entails a distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.